Tesla Model 3: a new silver release candidate spotted – making it at least 5 prototypes

We can now confirm that there are 5 different Tesla Model 3 release candidate that have been spotted since the launch of the test program in March. There are likely more than 5 vehicles being tested, but 5 different production prototypes have been spotted.

The fifth one, a silver release candidate, was spotted at Tesla’s headquarters today in Palo Alto.

Prior to the release candidate program, the prototype that Tesla was using in official events, a pre-alpha prototype first shown in March 2016, was also silver.

But we can confirm that this one is a new vehicle since it features the several small design iterations seen in recent sightings on release candidates and it has the second generation Autopilot sensor suite – or at least the cameras in the front fenders and B-pillars.

Puppy7505 on /r/Teslamotors posted the picture of the vehicle, which is in good company around 3 Tesla Roadsters, this afternoon:

It’s also the fifth color seen on a release candidate and while it doesn’t mean that it will make it to production, it’s the best indicator we have so far.

They also confirmed that they received and installed their Schuler press for the Model 3 production line and they think that they will have “sufficient time to install and tune die sets ahead of volume production.”

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This article and images was originally posted on [Electrek] May 15, 2017 at 10:59AM

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